Materials Science at Beihang: A Special Issue of Materials Lab Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Beihang University

Li-Dong Zhao is a full professor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Beihang University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China in 2009. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the Université Paris-Sud and Northwestern University from 2009 to 2014. His research interests include electrical and thermal transport behaviors in the compounds with layered structures. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications in international journals with an h-index of 75. Professor Zhao has been identified as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate (2019-2021).

Hongbo Guo is a Professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, and Director of Key Laboratory of High-Temperature Structure Materials and Protective Coatings (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). Professor Guo had earned his Ph.D. degree in Beihang University. He has worked on high-temperature protective coatings for superalloys and ceramic matrix composites (CMC). He has published more than 200 research papers in International Journals and owned more than 60 granted patents. He had co-chaired ECI International Thermal Barrier Coatings Conferences which were held in Germany. Also, He had chaired the symposiums of Surface Coatings & Technology in 2010, 2013 and 2015 International Conference of Advanced Materials organized by International Union Materials Research Society (IUMRS-ICAM).

Chengbao Jiang is a full professor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Beihang University, China. He received his bachelor's degree from Hefei University of Technology, China in 1990, and his Ph.D. degree in University of Science and Technology Beijing, China in 1996. Subsequently, he entered Beihang University and work until now. He has served as the Dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering at Beihang University, China since 2014. His research interests include magnetic functional materials and devices, advanced solidification theory, crystal growth, etc. He was honored with the first prize of National Technical invention (rank 2, 2008), the second prize of National Natural Science (rank 1, 2017), etc.